We Need A "What Genre Is This" Thread
 

As the title says, we need a official thread in general music were we can ask what genre a artist belongs to, becuase I know some artist that I can not classify.

Like David Bowie, what genre is he in?

No we don't

Then atleast tell me what sub genre David Bowie is in.

Be more constructive with your feedback, please.

EDIT: Thanks for telling me james1.

Glam Rock/Art Rock

What about his Soul & Jungle albums?

The song I was tagging is "Fame", so Glam Rock/Art Rock sounds like the right genre.

I meant in General if I was counting every album it would be quite a long list.

I wish there was a website that states what subgenre an artist is, some come close to this idea, but the problem is that not all artists get a agreeable tag, like Sputnik Music, who just bluntly classified David Bowie as "Rock".

Why don't you just choose one you like & use that?

Some artists are harder to classify then others.

Do we honestly need to classify though? Many artists overlap a bajillion different genres, if they stuck to one genre only, their music would be awfully boring.

That is what the slash is for,
Example: Children Of Bodom is Power/Death Metal.

Agreed. Just post in the artist's official thread if you feel like you need to classify them. Or better yet, read the artist's thread first for clues.

check an artist's tags on http://www.last.fm/

theyre generally accurate.

Wikipedia is generally inaccurate.

Not really.

No it isn't. Maybe bits of information might be incorrect, but if you're looking for something as simple as genres Wiki is sufficient.

Wikipedia says that NOFX is:
Punk rock
Skate punk
Ska punk
Melodic hardcore
Hardcore punk

What to choose?

Exactly. I wouldn't get something like statistics from Wikipedia unless they were well-annotated, but something like a description of a musical genre is exactly what the site is great for.

Why do you have to chose?

So what Music Banter needs is a thread where one member says they're Punk rock! and another says No! They're melodic hardcore? You do know genres aren't mutually exclusive. They can cross over, the genre of albums can change through out a bands career.

For me, The hard part is choosing, but I will try to learn more about the genres it suggest to me so I can make the right choice.

Make the choice to recognize that very few bands fit neatly into one genre.

3 pages. :confused:

The opening post should've just been "Bands and artists aren't tied to one genre." then closed.

That one.

I know, that is what the slash is for.

True but there's so many damn genre terms out there you're bound to find something that fits, no matter how off the wall it is.

When all else fails, pull something out of your ass. That's how new genres are born.

Grunge.

OK, since nobody else likes my idea, then I guess we can end this thread.

NOFX are pop-punk.

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This thread is one of the lamest threads I have read. So lame.

MAJOR BUMP! We need a thread like this.

I've seen Paradise by the Dashboard Light get labelled as progressive rock, do you think that is correct? I've seen it labelled as rock opera too, which may sound right.